EU clears Arcelor-SNCFL freight train joint venture
The Associated Press: October 9, 2006
BRUSSELS, Belgium European Union regulators Monday granted antitrust clearance to a rail freight joint venture between a unit of Luxembourg-based steel giant Arcelor SA and the country's national railroad company SNCFL.
The venture, CFL Cargo, will take over the transport of goods currently handled by SNCFL subsidiaries in Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark and transport within the Grand Duchy currently handled by two units of Arcelor Profil.
"The transaction would not significantly impede effective competition" in Europe, the European Commission said in a statement.
Arcelor is the largest user of railway freight services in Luxembourg.